Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Holman Bible
Didn’t the one God make us with a remnant of His life-breath? And what does the One seek?
International Standard Version
Did he not make them one? And the vestige of the spirit remains in him. And why did he make them one? He was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and don't be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
A Conservative Version
And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
American Standard Version
And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Amplified
But not one has done so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And what did that one do while seeking a godly offspring? Take heed then to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of your youth.
Bible in Basic English
... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.
Darby Translation
And did not one make them? and the remnant of the Spirit was his. And wherefore the one? He sought a seed of God. Take heed then to your spirit, and let none deal unfaithfully against the wife of his youth,
Julia Smith Translation
And did he not make one? And the remainder of the spirit to him. And why one? Seeking a seed of God. And ye matched in your spirit, and he shall not deal faithlessly against the wife of thy youth.
King James 2000
And did not he make them one? Yet had he the remnant of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{Did not one God make them?} But a remnant of [the] spirit is his. And what does the one [God] desire? An offspring of God. {You must be attentive to} your spirit, and you must not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
Modern King James verseion
And did He not make you one? Yet the vestige of the Spirit is in him. And what of the one? He was seeking a godly seed. Then guard your spirit, and do not act treacherously with the wife of your youth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So did not the one, and yet had he an excellent spirit. What did then the one? He sought the seed promised of God. Therefore look well to your spirit, and let no man despise the wife of his youth.
NET Bible
No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth.
New Heart English Bible
Did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
The Emphasized Bible
Now was it not, One, who made you who had, the residue of the spirit? What, then, of that One? He was seeking a godly seed. Therefore should ye take heed to your spirit, and, with the wife of thy youth, do not thou deal treacherously.
Webster
And did he not make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
World English Bible
Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Youngs Literal Translation
And He did not make one only, And He hath the remnant of the Spirit. And what is the one alone! He is seeking a godly seed. And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And with the wife of thy youth, None doth deal treacherously.
Themes
Divorce » Jews condemned for love of
Foes of the home » Polygamy » Forbidden
Husbands' » Duty of, to wives » To be faithful to them
Topics
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Malachi 2:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Hates Faithlessness
14
Yet you say, ‘For what reason?’ Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the
Names
Cross References
Matthew 19:4-6
And He answered and said,
1 Corinthians 7:14
For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through
Genesis 1:27
God created man
Genesis 2:7
Then the Lord God formed man of
Genesis 6:2
that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were
Genesis 2:20-24
The man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the
Genesis 24:3-7
and I will make you swear by the Lord,
Genesis 24:44
and she will say to me, “You drink, and I will draw for your camels also”; let her be the woman whom the Lord has appointed for my master’s son.’
Genesis 26:34-35
When Esau was forty years old
Genesis 27:46
Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am tired of
Genesis 28:2-4
Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of
Deuteronomy 7:4
For
Ezra 9:4
Then
Nehemiah 13:24
As for their children, half spoke in the language of Ashdod, and none of them was able to speak the language of Judah, but
Job 27:3
And the
Proverbs 4:23
For
Proverbs 6:25
Nor let her capture you with her
Proverbs 7:25
Do not stray into her paths.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
then the
Jeremiah 2:21
A completely faithful seed.
How then have you turned yourself before Me
Into the
Hosea 1:10
Will be like the
Which cannot be measured or numbered;
And
Where it is said to them,
“You are
It will be said to them,
“You are the
Malachi 2:14
Yet you say, ‘For what reason?’ Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the
Matthew 5:28-29
Matthew 15:19
Mark 10:6-8
John 20:22
And when He had said this, He breathed on them and *said to them,
Acts 3:25
It is you who are
1 Corinthians 7:2
But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.
2 Corinthians 6:18
And you shall be
Says the Lord Almighty.
Ephesians 6:4
1 Timothy 3:4-5
He must be one who
1 Timothy 3:11-12
Titus 1:6
namely,
James 1:14-15
But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.